Lead Character Tools Engineer: AI-Driven Rigging

sonyinteractiveentertainmentglobal; United States; Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 216,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Wellness program

Employee discounts

Bonus potential

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a Lead Character Tools Engineer for the PlayStation Central Technology team. You will prototype, develop, and deploy artist-facing tools for character creation, rigging, simulation, and runtime pipelines, leveraging Maya, Python, and C++ to improve efficiency and quality.

Ideal applicants have 10+ years in game development, a BS degree in a related field, strong debugging skills, and experience with AI-assisted tooling.

Qualifications

• Experience as technical artist or engineer to develop and deploy tools for character creation, rigging, simulation, or animation pipelines.
• 10+ years in a game development studio or creating artist-facing tools in production.
• BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Graphic Art, or related field.
• Extensive experience with game editors and real-time workflows.
• Capable of writing and debugging C++ and Maya basics.
• Developing or maintaining project pipeline tools and systems, strong troubleshooting.
• Experience leveraging agentic AI models.

Responsibilities

• Prototype and harden create tools for contemporary development workflows, data management, art creation, animation, and engine integration.
• Setting up and maintaining project-specific environments and automation opportunities.
• Learning and supporting varying client environments, assets, and tools.
• Writing, maintaining, and customizing internal tools and workflows.
• Building and maintaining technical documentation.
• Willingness to attend and participate in PlayStation internal demonstrations; travel required.

Skills

Technical artist

Game tooling experience

C++

Maya knowledge

Python

Troubleshooting

Agentic AI

Mesh deformation

Character rigging

Education

BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Graphic Art, or related field

Tools

Maya

MotionBuilder

Houdini

HLSL

Perforce

Git

Confluence

PyQt/PySide

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a Lead Character Tools Engineer for the PlayStation Central Technology team. You will prototype, develop, and deploy artist-facing tools for character creation, rigging, simulation, and runtime pipelines, leveraging Maya, Python, and C++ to improve efficiency and quality.

Ideal applicants have 10+ years in game development, a BS degree in a related field, strong debugging skills, and experience with AI-assisted tooling.